Mountain Man
Active Member
It just keeps getting better and better!
Wow! I'm not sure I'm worthy of the level of praise you have given me but I'm definitely grateful all the same!Your skills as a teacher is on a par with your skills as an artist, designer, and technical craftsman.
For quite a while, I was building my scenery with a shotgun effort. A little blast here and a little blast there to get by until I could come back and super detail mini scenes. Therefore, it looks like the majority of my layout has been sceniced but not anywhere near any point of completion. I have three scenes on my layout that I consider are finished... the car show in front of the diner, the farm scene atop the hill and the Sunnyvale stop up front under the trees. Being creative to find a way to model a small and minute detail is what I have a lot of fun with. Unfuortunately, I'm still "shotgunning!"It is artful, thought provoking, and pushes the envelope of "what constitutes enough".
My layout only has two of those above mentoned choices. The first is indeed a reverse loop in behind the mine. It was a real bugger to figure out but what it finally came down to was a problem with my DCC Digitrax Zephyr controller. It now works beautifully.Reverse loops, wye configurations, and turn tables, are methods to allow our locomotives to operate in the opposite direction. ... When I look at your track plan, I think I see at least one reverse loop. ...I would be interested in listening to your comments, and those of other members, concerning the ability of running locomotives in the opposite direction.
Initially I did but after considering what it would take, my laziness gave in and I figured it'd be easier to leave it at foam level and instead, build up the scenery around it giving the impression that it sits at ground level....have you considered sinking that turntable, and making it more realistic?
Hmmm, in order to make it fit where I want it to with the mountain and all behind it, I had plans to bring out the dremel tool and do some customizing. However, with your offer in mind, perhaps I'll leave it intact but have parts of it hidden under the mountain instead....if you ever decide to sell, contact me, I will make it worth your while.
Interesting to know! Thanks.The turntable for it is a kit and is a lot bigger than the one you have, so it would be a hard fit in your layout.
If all goes as planned, that part will not be visible once the scene is completed. There is however a missing door on the front that I was trying to figure out how I was going to duplicate. I've never done any resin casting before. When I get to that point, expect a PM from me as your solution sounds intriguing!:mrgreen:Buy the way Trainnut, I noticed that one of the top portions appear to be missing, if so, are you familiar with casting resin, if not let me know and I will be happy to fill you in on how to duplicate and parts with one you have in plastic, and it's very simple.
Beautiful job! Was that originally the same turntable as mine?Hi...Here's what I did with mine....